One play changes the game for Chivas USA | Una jugada le cambia el partido a Chivas USA

Chivas USA returned to the StubHub Center on Sunday night looking to continue adding to their two-game winning streak at home as they hosted Western Conference foe, FC Dallas after being away from home for almost one month.

Despite having a positive performance where the Red-and-White outshot the Texan side, their efforts just weren’t enough as they were unable to finish their scoring opportunities, falling 1-0 to FC Dallas. After the game, Red-and-White goalkeeper Dan Kennedy spoke about the team’s performance and feels optimistic about what’s coming in Chivas USA’s future.

“It was a good performance,” the Chivas USA team captain said after the game. “It was one play, literally one play beat us and unfortunately we weren’t able to capitalize on the good crosses that we had tonight. Surely, if we can continue to play like we played tonight, we’ll be playing for something. We just have to make sure we stay positive and be mindful of the good things that came out of the game tonight.”

Before Sunday’s game, the past two games in Major League Soccer did not go the way the Goats would have wanted to in regards to performance and scoreboard. But things started to look better for the Red-and-White on Sunday night as they were able to count on the services of players returning from injury such as Oswaldo Minda, Marvin Chavez and Mauro Rosales. The latter created a spark in the Chivas USA attack upon his entrance in the 58th minute, but Kennedy points out that in order for the team to move forward, everybody is needed.

“We need everybody. You see how Marvin can open up the game and surely Mauro is just timely. It’s important for us to get these guys back on the pitch and the guys in the backline, I thought stepped up tonight and I thought had a really good game.

“We rode that four-game win streak real hard and I think that was pretty taxing on everybody. I think tonight showed that we’re back and we’ve recovered and now we have to go get some points in Portland,” Kennedy added.

Chivas USA will return to training on Monday morning and will prepare to face the Portland Timbers when they return on Wednesday morning to the StubHub Center’s Field 6 to continue perfecting the tactical plan. The team will then head to Portland on Friday morning ahead of Saturday’s Western Conference showdown at Providence Park. For all the latest news and updates, follow the club on Twitter and Facebook.